Vanity case



July 1 1924. Y c N. CORYELL VANITY CASE Filed Dec. 20 1923 nvawbo z CHARLES N. CO/PYELL atcnte July 1, 1924.

e I r w m E3 N. COBYELIJ, O'F MARONECK, 1W YORK.

VANITY CASE.

Application filed December 20, 1923. Serial No." 681,792;

To all whom it may comm:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. CORYELL,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Mamaroneck, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to vanity boxesof the watch case type and some of the more important objects are to provide for the carrying of all the usual accessories, such as the face powder and range compacts, pufis and mirror in a condensed, attractive form convenient 'for handling and readily accessible for use; which further can be inexpensively produced and easily and quickly assembled.

In the drawing accompanying and form ing part of this specification there is illustrated an embodiment of the invention wherein the foregoing and other objects are attained and in which, Figure 1 is a plan view of the case.

Figure 2 is a side or edge view of the Y same.

Figure '3 is a lan'view showing the case openedand wit parts broken away and appearing in section for purposes of better illustration.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view on substantially the plane of line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5' is a fragmentary sectional view on substantially the plane of line 55 of Figure 1. The body of plemental cover sections 7, 8 of generally circular outline and dished to enclose a compartment space.

The upper cover section 7 is shown provided at one edge with .a pair of spaced hinge knuckles 9 formed by a pair of integral lugs turned over to provide eyes for a hinge pintle and bent back against the inside of the cover, as indicatedat 10 in Figure 4. This cover section is also shown as having an angularly projecting annular rim or flange 11 from which a finger-hold 12 is struck out at a point opposite the hinge.

The lower cover section is shown formed with a bead 13 curled over about the rim of the same, of an inside diameter to. re- 5!? ceive and frictionally hold the flange 11 of outer hinge knuckles to spring the curved edge of the lower cover.

the case consists of com tion by a wire 17 passed through the three hinge knuckles and extended at both sides in substantially circular form so as to lie within the bead of the lower cover section.

With this construction it will be seen that to pivotally connect the parts it is simply necessary to pass the pintle wire through the alined hinge knuckles of the top-,cover and mirror and then after bringing the notch in the lower cover over the terminals of the wire .in under the curled The face powder is shown in the form of a compact 18 carried by a shallow dish 19 seated in the lower cover and held therein by being engaged beneath the hinge knuckles at one edge, at 20, and beneath the inwardly bent end 21 of the pintle wire at the opposite edge. This construction enables the powder compacts being inserted by simply dropping one edge ef the dish under the knuckles and then bringing the opposite edge downunder the holding tongue on the end of the wire.

The rouge is shown in the form of a compact 22 having a beveled edge 23 held by the beveled flange 24 on a dished annular plate 25 which snaps into the dependent flange 11 of the upper cover and is cut away at one edge at 26 to engage behind the hinge knuckles. This compact holding ring at one edge overlies the inturned portion 10.015 the lug which provides the spaced hinge knuckles 9 so as to reinforce the same and the opposite edge of the ring is exposed at 27 at the outwardly turned finger-hold 12 .o afl'ord a grip for springing the ring out of the cover when a refill is to be inserted.-

i In the construction illustrated the mirror is shown as carried by an annular frame 28 105 and as held in place therein by a dishe washer 29 sprung beneath the inturned annular flange 3O surrounding the frame. The hinge lug 16 for the mirror is shown formed as a part of this mirror frame and the mir-' 11 0 of a size to fit snugly andsnap within the annular flan e 11 of the top cover. This reinforces the ange 11 and insures of its snapping firmly into place within the head 13.

" This causes the mirror to stay within the upper cover when the case is opened and therefore stand .in position for use when the face powder is being applied from the lower cover and then when the rouge is to be used, the mirror is simply sw-un down into the lower cover section, as in Figure 3, where it can be seen while taking the rouge from the 1 upper cover section. The pufi's for applying the face powder and rouge are ordinarily carried in the case between the'respective compacts and the mirror intermediate the same where they are ready for use as soon as the coveris o ened.

To facilitate isengagement of the mirror from within, the confining flange 11, the flange of the mirror frame may be indented to afford a 7 portion may be made with a shoulder 33 as shown, to the more firmly secure the mirror confining ring therein. This depressed finger-hold in the mirror trainealso, it will be seen in Figure 3, provides clearanceflfor the inturned compact holding lug of the pintle wire.

With the construction shown the partsare readily assembled and secured firmly toether without soldering, riveting or resort- 1 mg to theuse of special fastening means, the contained articles are instantly available and "the mirror is positioned so that it may he means for the smaller compact secures that firmly in.v place and holds it against rattling and the dish-mounting of the other compact provides a flat form of compact which requiresno's ecial molding and which can easily be he d in place by means of the exension on the pintle wire.

muckies 9 by the integral en loracesiii these lmuckles and overcomes any spreading tendency of the same, thus strengthening the device as a "whole and assuring-tree hinging movements of. the two 1- case sections and the intermediate or mirror section;

I What Iclaim is:

i I case section having a curled edge recessed t r c iv he hinge knuckles enda pintle finger-hold 32 and this indented used interchangeably with either one or theother of the compacts. The beveled holding The.,connect1on of 'the spaced .hingg portion 1 incense wire extended through the hinge knuckles I and seated in the curled edge of the one case section.

2. The structure of claim 1 in which the intermediate section contains a mirror and in which the case sections are each provided with means for confining a compact therein.

3. The structure of claim 1 in which one case section has a flange to spring inside the head of the other case section and in which the intermediate section has a triotional engagement within said flange.

4. The structure of claim 1 in which the pintle wire has an inturned portion to hold a compact and in which the intermediate section has a finger-hold depression in line with said inturned portion.

5. ln a vanity case, cooperating case sections, one having a hinge knuckleand the other havinga curled edge recessed at one point to receive said hinge knuckle and a pintle wire extending across the recess and throu h the knuckle positioned therein, said wire eing seated within the curled edge of the case section and extended a substantial part of the periphery of said case sec- .tion and thereby held by spring engagement within the curled edge.

6. lhi a vanity case, cooperating case sections, one having spaced hin e knuckles and the other having aninwardly curled edge recessed to receive said buckles, an intermediate section having a single hinge knuckle positioned between the spaced knuckles of the one cover section and a I pintle wire seated within the curled edge and extending through the alined hinge knuckles of the other two sections.

7. In a vanity case, cooperating case sec tions, one having a pair of hinge buckles connected in spaced relation by an integral extension turned back ainst the inside of said case section and t e other havin 0. head receiving said hinge knuckles an a pintle wire engaged within the bead and extendin across the recess through said connec hinge buckles.

. -8. In a vanity case, cooperating case sections, one having a pair of hinge buckles connected in'spaced relation by an integral extension'andthe other having a bead re .ceivingsaid hinge Muckles, a pintle wire engaged within the bead and/ extendin across the recess through: said connecte hin e knuckles and. an intermediate section having a knuckle engaged on the pintle wire in the space between the connected hinge knuckles, said integral extension bridging across the knuckle of; the intermediate sec- .tion and holding the spaced hinge lmuckles properly positioned at opposite sides of the same.

9. A vani case having a hollow cover v providedwi ane dge flange, abevel edge I supported a naeaeae compact seated in said cover with its back ainst the inside of the cover and a retainlng annulus s rung within the flange of said cover and aving a beveled flange overlyingthe beveled edge of the compact to 7 thereby hold the compact! against the inside of the cover.

10. In a vanity case, cooperating case seetions hingedly connected by a spnng pintle wire extending peripherally within the rim. of one of the cover sections, said wire having an inturned spring portion substantially opposite the hinge connection and a compact sprung into the case section beneath said inturned spring portion of the pintle wire.

11. In a vanity case, coo erating case sections hingedly connected y a pintle wire extending peripherally within the rim of one of the cover sections, said wire having an intunned portion substantially opposite the hinge connectlon, a compact sprung into the case section beneath said inturned tion of the pintle wire and an interme iate sectioifhinged betweenthe case sections and having a finger-hold depression in line with the inturned, portion of the pintle wire to clear the same when the intermediate section idz'turned into the case.

' '12. A vanity case having hinged case sections and a hinged mirror frame provided with an annular inturned flange, a mirror seated in said frame and a dished washer sprung" into the frame over the mirror and beneath the inturned flange, the flange having a finger-hold depression in one side thereof opposite the hinge providing a shoulder engaged with the mirror securing washer.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of December, A. D1923.

CHARLES N. CORYELL. 

